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Episode 4: Short-lived Harvest Chapter 3: Cosmic Mining

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    Chapter 3: Cosmic Mining

    On July 2 of the Hope calendar, the Hope probe reached the outermost edge of the gaseous embryonic star, about fifty kilometers away from the asteroid belt. According to the previous control and the calculations of the central computer, the Hope probe stopped in the cosmic space here, always in contact with the asteroid belt.  The planetary belt is kept at least fifty kilometers away to prevent any possible collision problems. At the same time, the few missiles brought out of the earth on the Hope have been installed, ready to intercept any asteroids that may hit.

    At the same time, the shuttle was once again modified () For the mining machine, only two large mechanical arms were made outside the shuttle casing, and a crawler-type filling device was made to fix slightly smaller meteorites.  asteroid and then absorb it into the interior of the shuttle.

    Of course, the entire Hope is so huge, with the needs of 120,000 people, and the storage and needs of the entire Hope, it is impossible to rely on a shuttle to carry out mining. This is just the first attempt. First, it is to test these  Whether there are any extraterrestrial viruses or components in the asteroid meteorites, and whether they are harmful to the Hope. The second is to test the composition of these meteorites and whether they are valuable for collection. In short, after being baptized by the desert planet, the Hope is now  Everyone on the planet is so cautious about everything in the universe. Everything must be confirmed to be harmless to humans before the next step can be taken.

    After all preparations were completed, at around two o'clock in the afternoon Earth time, several researchers, several engineering operators, and two soldiers boarded the shuttle mining machine () at the bridge passage.  When the command countdown was completed, the shuttle mining machine left the Hope and flew towards the asteroid belt in the distance.

    The distance of fifty kilometers is really no different from one step away in terms of the speed of flight in the universe. Not long after, the shuttle mining machine had flown to the edge of the asteroid belt. Of course, it did not dare to go deep.  A small rock block of about two cubic meters in size was selected at the edge, and it was carefully grabbed with a robotic arm, then placed in the crawler loading equipment, and slowly pulled into the shuttle.

    All this is carried out under the monitoring system of the entire Hope. After leaving the nebula material, all the monitoring systems on the Hope can operate normally. Of course, although human beings' technological level is simply primitive for sailing in the universe.  The Hope is still in the human stage, but after all, the Hope is the quintessence of all mankind's 21st century technologies. As long as it can be used normally, all its functions can still make everyone on the Hope feel lucky, at least better than the various functions they use on Earth.  The equipment is much more powerful.

    At this moment, relying on the monitoring system of the Hope, the images of the entire shuttle mining machine are enlarged and displayed on various screens of the Hope. In fact, in order to inspire people, this is the first space mining operation since humans left the earth.  , it is also the hope that the Hope can continue to obtain material, so this mining operation was also exclusively broadcast by the Hope News Agency. Everyone on the Hope can watch it through the display screen in the residence or in the corridor.  With these large displays, you can see the entire collection process carefully.

    "Everyone, as you can see, the shuttle is collecting the first small meteorite. Judging from its size and proportion, it is about two cubic meters. Okay, the robotic arm has already grasped the rock. Now we just need to remove it.  Just put it on the transmission crawler. OK, all the machinery is running normally, and the person who is operating the robotic arm is a technical staff member in deep-sea salvage operations. He has participated in eight deep-sea submarine salvages and is very proficient in the robotic arm.  More than all of us, his name yes, it's Conscio Beechi, let us congratulate him, he became the first human being to collect minerals from the universe."

    Compared with the display screen obtained by the military, the surveillance screen broadcast to civilians has more on-site commentary. The commentator is a beautiful senior reporter and announcer. It is said that she has worked for a famous news channel in the United States, and now she hopes to  The first news agency hired her.

    "Okay, everyone watching this show, all you need now is to wait patiently. It will take about three to six hours to analyze the composition of the minerals in the universe. Of course, we all know that the universe may be full of dangers, even if  It is such a meteorite belt, and we are not sure whether its ingredients contain anything harmful to the human body. Before confirmation, the shuttle is not allowed to bring any extraterrestrial materials into the Hope. Here, we have invited guests  Dr. Yuan Ping, a world-famous biologist, botanist, and agriculturist. The well-known zh-type rice is Yuan Ping¡¯s greatest contribution to the world and mankind. Now I would like to invite Dr. Yuan Ping to explain it to us.  Let¡¯s look at the harm that alien viruses may have on us humans¡­¡±

    At this moment, in the captain's room, Yao Yuan and others are looking closely at the main screen. That is the information sent back from the shuttle. The entire experiment process?? will be directly transmitted here, allowing Yao Yuan and other senior personnel to know the results of the experiment at the first time.

    Zhang Heng, Jie Weili, and several members of the Black Star Team were watching the Hope News Agency program on the small screen next to them. When they heard Dr. Yuan Ping, Zhang Heng raised his head in surprise and asked  : "Dr. Yuan Ping? Doesn't he hate these news shows the most? Why would he participate in this program? And he is a leading scientist in biology. I thought he could hire a few ordinary researchers at most.  ."

    Yao Yuan said without raising his head: "I asked him to go, on the one hand, to let the people know about the dangers in the universe and to prevent them from getting too hot-headed. When they encounter any landing sites in the future, it will be like what they did on the desert planet.  Everyone wants to leave the HopeThe second reason, didn't you notice? Dr. Yuan Ping speaks Chinese."

    "Yes, it's in Chinese, so what?" Wang Guangzheng also became interested. After looking at it carefully for a long time, he still asked without knowing why.

    "It's in Chinese, and below it is a translation of English subtitles. Don't you understand?" Yao Yuan shook his head and said: "There are nearly ten languages ????popular on the Hope, and the most popular among them are Chinese, English, and French.  , German, Russian, even Japanese and Korean. In short, the various languages ????are very complex, which is very unfavorable to the current situation of the Hope. It will be okay in the short term, but if we continue to develop, we will no longer be able to have languages ??and countries.  The difference is that there is only one human race, and this is the key."

    "The current conditions do not allow it, but when we get a lot of minerals in this star system, and even if we can be self-sufficient and survive in this star system, then we can unify the language. At the moment, my preference is naturally Chinese.  , Dr. Yuan Ping, and some people in the future will use Chinese when participating in news broadcasts, as a foreshadowing."

    Now Yao Yuan and others are speaking in Chinese, but Jie Weili cannot understand it at all. However, the people present are the members of the Black Star Team and Zhang Heng. Jie Weili and the others are all waiting in their respective laboratories for the data from the shuttle to be released.  Reply, so everyone present speaks Chinese, so it doesn¡¯t matter. Only Zhang Heng looked at Jie Weili sadly This poor guy, it seems that he will have to suffer a lot for Chinese in the future, but speaking  If he gets up, the little beauty he likes seems to be a language expert, right?  I hope he has already pursued her by then.

    While everyone was talking, inside the shuttle, several researchers started to conduct experiments very quickly. First, the technical staff used cutters to cut the rock, and then the research  Various experiments, various data, various chemical equations, and various minerals were screened one by one on its surface components, internal components, and core components. In particular, experiments on the possibility of internal life are the most important.  One is bacteria, and the other is possible non-carbon-based organisms. Various experiments are being carried out.

    Time passed slowly in this way. By about four o'clock in the afternoon, the first thing confirmed was that the material did not contain any possible carbon-based microorganisms or viruses. The material contained in this small meteorite was very complex.  There are various metallic compounds, silica, solid water, various non-metallic compounds, etc. They even detected a very small amount of radioactivity in this meteorite, and it was mineral radioactivity!

    This means that there must be some large rocks containing radioactive minerals in the asteroid belt!

    When this news came, the scientists on board the Hope cheered. This proved the correctness of their theory. Sure enough, when a galaxy was born, it was rich in various elements, especially radioactivity.  Since the half-decay period of elements has not yet been reached, the existence of radioactive minerals is likely to be much greater than the amount once stored on the earth. What does this mean?  This means that Hope will receive a large source of energy!

    An energy source that can be used for space jumps!

    Moreover, through research on the composition of this small meteorite, it was initially confirmed that these small meteorites do not contain viruses or living organisms and are harmless to humans. Second, these materials are rich in various elements. As long as energy  Enough. Through a series of chemical methods such as electrolysis, humans can obtain a large amount of water, oxygen, various chemicals, various compounds, fertilizers, metal minerals, and even various pharmaceutical compounds from these asteroid belts!

    What does this mean?  !

    This means that as long as no major disaster occurs in this galaxy, the Hope can survive here forever!  Human beings can obtain supplies through these small meteorites and asteroids, and then slowly develop technology and slowly build more spaceships like the Hope. The number and civilization of human beings will develop. Perhaps after countless years, new earth-like planets will be born.  , humans will land, and at that timeTechnology will be enough to transform a star, and theremaybe a new earth transformed by humans themselves!

    "Will thisbe our hometown?"

    Yao Yuan looked at the cheering scenes of scientists and people there through the communicator screen. He murmured to himself, but for some reason, he always felt that this galaxy gave him a faint sense of depression, and the direction of that depression seemed to  From¡­¡­

    Where the newly born star
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